The Nyeleni Europe Forum in Austria acted as a catalyst for opening a space in Europe to define the struggles and strategies necessary in order to create a movement for Food Sovereignty which can challenge the dominant forces of production and consumption present in today’s society.

Based on the principles defined at Nyeleni forum in 2007, the meeting aimed to create vision of food sovereignty for Europe. The Nyeleni European Forum brought together more than 400 women and men together from 34 European countries from the Atlantic to the Urals and Caucasus, from the Arctic to the Mediterranean, as well as international representatives from diverse social movements and civil society organizations from across the world, met from the 16th to the 21st of August 2011 in Krems, Austria to take a step forward in the development of a European movement for Food Sovereignty.

The process for this Forum was initiated by the European Coordination Via Campesina, Friends of the Earth Europe, ATTAC Europe, Vredeseilanden, the IPC for Food Sovereignty, and the International March of Women, as well as national platforms for Food Sovereignty in Hungary, Austria and other countries.

Download the full report here: NYELENI_Declaration_English